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Sharing Our Work With The Public

Happy Preservation Week 2020 – Day 3!

Working in the basement of Langsam Library, we’re not often afforded many opportunities to connect directly with the general public. As Catarina mentioned yesterday, therefore, our usual “go-to” is to host an open house once a year during Preservation Week. Since we’re all hunkered down at home, we’d like to invite you check out some of the work we do, DIGITALLY.

If you’re curious about what we’re working on at home, be sure to check out this prior blog post.

This Friday, May 1st, 2020 at noon:

Please join Special Collections Conservator, Ashleigh Ferguson Schieszer on Facebook Live to talk about scrapbooks.

Facebook Live with the Public Library, May 1st, 2020

Designed as a family event, there’s a little something for all ages:

  • During the session, we’ll fold a One-Page Wonder coloring book comic strip (created by Senior Conservation Technician, Christopher Voynovich) that highlights treatment of a 3 x 4 foot oversized scrapbook!
  • We’ll also talk about typical condition issues found in historic scrapbooks, such as those owned by the Public Library
  • As well as answer any questions you might have about preserving your own at home.

If you were unable to join, you can still check out the FB Live archived event here.

You can also download and print Chris’ comic and check out this video on how to fold a One-Page Wonder:

Airing after May 2nd:

Be on the lookout for the Lab’s 30-minute segment with Cincinnati’s Waycross Government TV station, or watch below.

This video highlights the collaborative nature of the Lab’s work that spans a variety of preservation and library-related activities. Meet conservation staff and hear stories from each staff member about some of their favorite projects, including the treatment of an iron gall ink manuscript, as well as where you can check out the lab’s online treatment documentation.

Stay tuned for more Preservation Week updates tomorrow, and don’t forget to check out ALA’s Preservation Week resources: http://www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek. Take advantage of free webinars, information on preserving oral history, and more!

Ashleigh Ferguson Schieszer [PLCH] – Lab Manager, Conservator

Protectors of the Book: A One-Page Wonder

The Preservation Lab has the opportunity to help host a Book Arts class for UC’s Copyediting & Publishing (CEP) certificate program here in the Lab. We all get to take part in presenting aspects of the history of the book, book arts, preservation and conservation. I LOVE to create enclosures! The engineering that is involved in the creation of unique, custom fitted enclosures gives me great satisfaction and allows me to problem solve. As we were discussing the roles each one of us would play in this course I was happy to find out that I have the opportunity to contribute some information about enclosures. So as little Easter egg to offer as a gift at the presentation I created a one page wonder to give to each student.  Here is the comic in page order:

If you want to print out your own one-page wonder, here is a jpeg in the correct order:
Chris Voynovich (PLCH) – Senior Conservation Technician

2019 Preservation Week Open House

Chris Voynovich discussing papyrus and paper with attendees


We celebrated Preservation Week (a week late) with our Annual Preservation Open House, and we want to thank everyone who was able to stop by!  This year we took a step back through time to share a brief history of the book, starting with some examples of cuneiform tablets and ending with a modern e-reader and computer technology.  By displaying our staffs‘ models of book structures through time, visitors were able to take a hands-on approach to understanding how these structures were made, used, and evolved.  This is information we use to inform the work we do in preservation every day.

Examples of early codices, including clay tablets, single quires, multi-quires, wooden tablets, rolls and scrolls


14th to 19th century models


We were also able to show recent conservation projects, including a two-volume set of a 17th century German bible, which highlighted what one volume looked like before treatment and what the other looked like after treatment.  Another item in the lab for treatment is an oversized missal, which received RTI to offer a closer look at the metalwork on the binding. 
 

“An obscenely abbreviated History of the Codex by The Preservation Lab” one-page wonder


 
 
Visitors were invited to make a “One Page Wonder,” which covers an obscenely abbreviated history of the codex.  We hope this little book and the hands-on interaction helped spread preservation awareness and inspire a deeper love of the book! 
 
 
 
 
 
If you missed us this year and want to see what all the fuss is about, check out a live video posted to our UC Library Page.  We hope to see you all again at next year’s Preservation Open House! 
 
Kasie Janssen (PLCH) – Senior Conservation Technician

Comics by Chris

Check out the latest comic creation from our conservation technician, Chris Voynovich [PLCH], inspired by a recent enclosure project for Hebrew Union College…

“Loving the Japanese Style Cloth Covered Four Flap Enclosure with Bone Clasps” by Chris Voynovich


Want to create your own one page wonder of this fantastic comic?Go right ahead, print double sided to include The Preservation Lab information and links —OnePgWonder_JapaneseStyle4FlapWithInterior

2018 Preservation Week Open House Video

Were you unable to attend our annual preservation week open house at the end of April?  OR maybe you did attend but didn’t get to see everything you wanted?  Well, have no fear!  I’ve created a quirky little video to encapsulate (fyi, that’s a scrapbook conservation joke) all the excitement, activity, and overall bombardment of information and cool stuff to your senses that our open houses generally entail.

A big thank you again to everyone who was able to make it and celebrate Preservation Week with us.  This was definitely our biggest, most jammed packed year yet and it was so much fun!  If you missed the event, definitely mark your calendars for next years’ preservation week, April 21-27, 2019 and stay tuned at the beginning of 2019 for an exact open house date. Until next time…

Our conservator, Ashleigh, ordered these GLOP custom temporary tattoos for all the staff members and we all couldn’t wait to sport them during the event! GLOP is our little nickname for our team and our preservation friends and it stands for Gorgeous Ladies/Lads of Preservation.


Jessica Ebert (UCL) – Conservation Technician (and maker of quirky Lab videos)